APS
2025 APS Annual Convention
Advancing the Network Theory of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Network psychometrics are common for investigating interrelationships among symptoms of PTSD. While generative, these approaches remain limited in their ability to explain PTSD-related phenomena. Here, we take the position that formal theories are essential to advance our understanding of PTSD, highlighting two ongoing efforts to formalize theories of PTSD maintenance.
Chairs & Discussants
- Zachary CohenChair
University of Arizona - Aaron FisherDiscussant
University of California, Berkeley
Presentations
- Network Psychometrics and the Network Approach to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Conceptual and Methodological OverviewDonald Robinaugh
- Constructing a Formal Network Theory of PTSD MaintenanceNathaniel Choukas
- Probabilistic Modeling of Clinically Actionable Symptom Changes: A Posttraumatic Stress ExemplarEsther Howe
